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> And no one elected this persons with so much power by the way. this is a very tired meme, they have been nominated and scrutinized by the people elected in w

> And no one elected this persons with so much power by the way. this is a very tired meme, they have been nominated and scrutinized by the people elected in what you called probably the best thing that we have in Europe i.e. the EU Parliament edit: elections solve none of the problems people think they solve. proof is governments are corrupt even though they are elected by the people. if the objections is "we can't let them chose because they will meet in a room and exchange money for the position" well, how is it different from "they will meet in the same room exchanging the same money to decide who you can vote or not"? elections are a consensus strategy, they do not solve social and political issues.

blibble 3y ago
> this is a very tired meme, they have been nominated and scrutinized by the people elected in what you called probably the best thing that we have in Europe i.e. the EU Parliament yes, in 2019 the Parliament were allowed to pick from a list of exactly one person (selected by another part of the EU)
- hef19898 3y ago
  Said other part being the elected heada of states / government of each member nation.
- peoplefromibiza 3y ago
  the Parliament does the vetting, the countries Parliaments propose the candidates. It's all done by elected officials, what more do you want? the commission is a place for technicians, it's not a political entity. it would be like electing the people in the HR department because the board of directors cast votes.
greatgib 3y ago
They are directly nominated by the government of the European states. So no, they are not nominated by the parliament. The idea that they would be legitimate because of being nominated by someone elected by proxy looks like to be a broken model in my opinion. Especially, because, never an European had to vote for someone that had in their program or proposal anything said about the person's that will be nominated at this position. So this is different, in my opinion, of a model like US.
- peoplefromibiza 3y ago
  governments are elected in EU and the EU Parliament vets the candidates. If that's the main objection, the POTUS is not elected by the people, is it undemocratic?
cbeach 3y ago
In the U.K. we allow our elected representatives to “nominate and scrutinise” appointed positions in the House of Lords. The result is a bunch of dodgy appointments in exchange for political favours. The whole process reeks of corruption, but it’s tolerable because the Lords don’t have the power to originate or block law (although they can frustrate the process). The appointed EU Commission is much worse. The appointment process for commissioners always seems to select failed/tainted/alcoholic nobodies. The current EU Commission Chief is a failed German politician whose stewardship of the defence ministry was condemned from all sides. And the EU Commissioners have a LOT more power than the UK’s Lords. For example, the EU Commission is responsible for coming up with all new EU Directives, setting budgets and representing the EU internationally. The European Parliament is a charade of representative democracy, in that it waves through pretty much all legislation that the Commission comes up with, and if it votes “no” it tends to get asked to vote again until it says “yes” (see Copyright Directive, 2019)
- peoplefromibiza 3y ago
  > the result is a bunch of dodgy appointments in exchange for political favours. The whole process reeks of corruption how elections can fix that? suppose politicians are chosen directly by the people, a corruptor could simply pay the people who decides the single candidates for each electoral college or could buy the votes directly. it has happened before and it's also way cheaper and easier than getting an appointment in some room godfather style. > For example, the EU Commission is responsible for coming up with all new EU Directives, setting budgets and representing the EU internationally that's the norm everywhere. technicians make the rules, the Parliament job is to discuss and ratify them. In Italy laws are not written by the Parliament, but there are so called "commissions" that work on budget, directives, proposals etc it's always been like that since we invented modern democracies.
  - cbeach 3y ago
    > a corruptor could simply pay the people who decides the single candidates for each electoral college or could buy the votes directly Corruption is hard to conceal if your strategy is to literally approach a majority of the electorate and try to bribe them directly! > that's the norm everywhere. technicians make the rules, the Parliament job is to discuss and ratify them. In that case, the question is: is the EU Commission staffed with good technicians? My field is computer science and I can assure you the EU's digital laws are egregiously incompetant.

blibble 3y ago

> this is a very tired meme, they have been nominated and scrutinized by the people elected in what you called probably the best thing that we have in Europe i.e. the EU Parliament yes, in 2019 the Parliament were allowed to pick from a list of exactly one person (selected by another part of the EU)

hef19898 3y ago
Said other part being the elected heada of states / government of each member nation.
peoplefromibiza 3y ago
the Parliament does the vetting, the countries Parliaments propose the candidates. It's all done by elected officials, what more do you want? the commission is a place for technicians, it's not a political entity. it would be like electing the people in the HR department because the board of directors cast votes.

greatgib 3y ago

They are directly nominated by the government of the European states. So no, they are not nominated by the parliament. The idea that they would be legitimate because of being nominated by someone elected by proxy looks like to be a broken model in my opinion. Especially, because, never an European had to vote for someone that had in their program or proposal anything said about the person's that will be nominated at this position. So this is different, in my opinion, of a model like US.

peoplefromibiza 3y ago
governments are elected in EU and the EU Parliament vets the candidates. If that's the main objection, the POTUS is not elected by the people, is it undemocratic?

cbeach 3y ago

In the U.K. we allow our elected representatives to “nominate and scrutinise” appointed positions in the House of Lords. The result is a bunch of dodgy appointments in exchange for political favours. The whole process reeks of corruption, but it’s tolerable because the Lords don’t have the power to originate or block law (although they can frustrate the process). The appointed EU Commission is much worse. The appointment process for commissioners always seems to select failed/tainted/alcoholic nobodies. The current EU Commission Chief is a failed German politician whose stewardship of the defence ministry was condemned from all sides. And the EU Commissioners have a LOT more power than the UK’s Lords. For example, the EU Commission is responsible for coming up with all new EU Directives, setting budgets and representing the EU internationally. The European Parliament is a charade of representative democracy, in that it waves through pretty much all legislation that the Commission comes up with, and if it votes “no” it tends to get asked to vote again until it says “yes” (see Copyright Directive, 2019)

peoplefromibiza 3y ago
> the result is a bunch of dodgy appointments in exchange for political favours. The whole process reeks of corruption how elections can fix that? suppose politicians are chosen directly by the people, a corruptor could simply pay the people who decides the single candidates for each electoral college or could buy the votes directly. it has happened before and it's also way cheaper and easier than getting an appointment in some room godfather style. > For example, the EU Commission is responsible for coming up with all new EU Directives, setting budgets and representing the EU internationally that's the norm everywhere. technicians make the rules, the Parliament job is to discuss and ratify them. In Italy laws are not written by the Parliament, but there are so called "commissions" that work on budget, directives, proposals etc it's always been like that since we invented modern democracies.
- cbeach 3y ago
  > a corruptor could simply pay the people who decides the single candidates for each electoral college or could buy the votes directly Corruption is hard to conceal if your strategy is to literally approach a majority of the electorate and try to bribe them directly! > that's the norm everywhere. technicians make the rules, the Parliament job is to discuss and ratify them. In that case, the question is: is the EU Commission staffed with good technicians? My field is computer science and I can assure you the EU's digital laws are egregiously incompetant.